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Vanderbilt University, to excavate the 

human remains after they became 

visible following erosion affecting the 

riverbank where they had been buried. 

The human remains include those of 

individuals both male and female, 

ranging in age from infant to adult. No 

known individuals were identified. 

Consultation 

Vanderbilt University, through faculty 

member Tiffiny Tung, initiated 

consultation on October 7, 2021 with 

the following Indian Tribes: AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas; Cherokee 

Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

Representatives from the Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians and The 

Chickasaw Nation responded to the 

invitation and participated in 

consultation with Vanderbilt University. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains in this notice are 

available: geographical. Specifically, the 

representative from The Chickasaw 

Nation noted that the location along the 

Cumberland River where the human 

remains were located could be linked to 

several federally recognized Indian 

Tribes. The representative for the 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 

advised that the site falls within the 

traditional Cherokee aboriginal territory. 

The information, including the results 

of consultation, identified: 

1. No earlier group connected to the 

human remains. 

2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization connected to the human 

remains. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

Officials of Vanderbilt University 

have determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 86 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No known lineal descendant who 

can trace ancestry to the human remains 

in this notice has been identified. 

• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation to 

the human remains in this notice has 

been clearly or reasonably identified. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the authorized representative 

identified in this notice under 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by any lineal 

descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization who shows, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, that the 

requestor is a lineal descendant or an 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation. 

Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains described in this notice 

may occur on or after January 17, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, Vanderbilt University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. Vanderbilt 

University is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to any consulting 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29944 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039223; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Harvard University Archives, Pusey 

Library, Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Harvard University Archives, Pusey 

Library (HUA), has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Virginia Hunt, Harvard 

University Archives, Pusey Library, 1 

Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138, 

telephone (617) 495–3240, email 

virginia_hunt@harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the HUA, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Human remains representing, at least, 

one individual have been identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains were removed by 

Edward Eggleston from ‘‘an Indian 

grave’’ at Lake George, Warren County, 

NY in 1883 and sent by him to Frederic 

Ward Putnam, Director of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, the same year. In 

1971, the human remains were 

transferred to HUA with the 

correspondence files of the Director of 

the Peabody Museum. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The HUA has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains described in this notice 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the authorized representative 

identified in this notice under 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 17, 2025. If competing 


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requests for repatriation are received, 

the HUA must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The HUA is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29950 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039216; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: The 

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 

Indianapolis, IN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The 

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 

intends to repatriate a certain cultural 

item that meets the definition of an 

unassociated funerary object and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The 

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 

3000 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, 

IN 46208, telephone (317) 334–3722, 

email jenn@childrensmuseum.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of The Children’s 

Museum of Indianapolis, and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a red 

and brown stone animal effigy pipe. It 

was found in a mound near Marietta, 

Ohio, prior to 1900, and it was formerly 

a part of the Judge Claude U. Stone 

Collection at Peoria, Illinois. It was 

donated to the museum in 1968 by Earl 

Townsend, Jr. Marietta, Ohio is part of 

the ancestral homelands of the Shawnee 

Nation, which includes the Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma. 

Determinations 

The Children’s Museum of 

Indianapolis has determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary object has been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and the 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by any 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice who shows, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 17, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural item 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Children’s 

Museum of Indianapolis is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice 

and to any other consulting parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29945 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039210; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Allison Fischer-Olson, 

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, 

Los Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, email afischerolson@

arts.ucla.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in its 

inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Three bags and 2,125 individual 

associated funerary objects are flake 

tools, flakes, cores, hammerstones, an 


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